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Illinois Newspaper Directory and HistoryHOOPESTON CHRONICLE-HERALD: Established 1872 by Seavey & Wallace.Arthur S. Littick and Ralph S. Hay, owners and publishers since August 15, 1930.Hoopeston, population, 5 5 97. Located in Vermilion County,24 miles north of Danville. C. & E. I.; N. Y. C. & St. L. R.R.'s.Grain elevators,, corn canning; can and canning machinery factories.Machine shops; malleable iron works and chemical works. Shipshay, grain, stock, and manufactured goods.Agriculture.The Chronicle-Herald was first founded asthe Chronicle. The Weekly Chronicle and itsdaily edition continued publication under JudgeDale Wallace until 1883, when the paper wasArthur S. Littick purchased by Charles W. Warner. In 1921Chester A. Aldrich, owner and publisher of the Evening Herald,took over Mr. Warner's interests and merged the two papers underthe name of Chronicle-Herald. Mr. Aldrich formed a stock companycomposed of leading citizens and business men of Hoopeston,which published the paper until 1930, when it was taken over byRalph S Hav'the present owners. The Chronicle-Herald is published daily with the exception ofSunday, and is Independent in politics.Advertising rate: local, 40c per inch; foreign, 2'jc per line.Subscription rate: local, $6.00; foreign, $4.00, $5.00. Circulation, 2500* JOLIET HERALD-NEWS: Established 1904 by a company of Joliet business andprofessional men, headed by Col. John Lambert. Col. Ira C. Copley, owner. Lester F.Filson, editor. Edward Corlett, general manager.Joliet, population, 42,993. Located in WillCounty, on Des Plaines River, Chicago SanitaryDistrict Ship Canal and Illinois & MichiganCanal, 37 miles southwest of Chicago. C.R.I.&P.; C.&A.; M.C.; A.T.&S.F.; C.M.St.P.&Pac;E.J.&E. R.R.'s. Water-power. Deep waterway toIllinois River. Shipping center. Manufacturessteel, iron, chemicals, calendars and mailingcards, horseshoes, stoves, bricks, wallpaper, paperboxes. Junior College. Limestone quarries, bituminouscoal fields, sand and gravel pits. Agriculture.Edward Corlett The Joliet Daily News was started in Lt.ster F. Filson1877. In 1913, Col. Ira C. Copley, presentowner of the Herald-News, acquired a controlling interest in the Joliet Herald and alsoin the Daily News. He continued the publication of both papers until 1915, when theywere merged to form the Herald-News. The Herald-News is a daily publication and alsoissues a Sunday edition. It is Independent in political affiliation.Advertising rate: local, 4c, 7c per line; foreign, 8c per line.Subscription rate: local, $5.00; foreign, $7.50. Circulation, 2 1,49 1.Elgin Co Springfield, Illii3 84